What's your latest tech purchase?

[GreiverBlade]

Additionally, the heat capacity is greater than distilled water.

Just checking you're actually aware Mayhems is the OEM for several major coolant brands?

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/mayhems-coolant-warning.18816295/ (i had a dual loop around that time and bought some X1 without checking that, regrets popped quite shortly after ... well let say that mayhems ensued in both loops x) )
i was speaking of the Mayhems X1 in particular
i had issues with it and not alone, can't talk for the other collant of their line

oh? they are the OEM for collant liquids? great (let's hope they weren't the one for the Phobya ZuperZero or the Aquatuning clear, if they were ... well then thing did go better than with the X1 )

you also just could have answered with "yeah, nowadays they are better, i did not have issues using their product"

corrected a bit the previous post to be more specific.

 

[dgianstefani]

They're the OEM for Corsair coolant, amongst others. Try doing some research instead of picking some random failures.

 

[GreiverBlade]

They're the OEM for Corsair coolant, amongst others. Try doing some research instead of picking some random failures.

random, alright X1 was a random failure okay
i actually did some research, but too late ahah, if i did it before buying the X1 i would not have had the issue like others did

alright alright, Mayhems is ok now, no worries.

 

[Audioave10]

Regardless of how "Vintage" I am, I like it!

 

[freeagent]

Just pretend this is a picture of it installed

So after using and exploiting 5950X for many moons, what are your thoughts of 5800X3D? I am thinking for daily usage (probably feels the same) and thermals..

 

[dgianstefani]

So after using and exploiting 5950X for many moons, what are your thoughts of 5800X3D? I am thinking for daily usage (probably feels the same) and thermals..

It's good. Tunes differently. One CCD means faster ram. Fewer small hiccups in general and things are 99% instantaneous not 98%. In CPU limited games, especially low threaded, it's almost double the FPS.

Minor perk is that it uses around 60w in gaming, rather than 90-100 of 5950x so it's more thermal budget for GPU, not that I had issues regardless.

Thermals aren't an issue, it's under an Optimus WB with conductonaut, so it doesn't really go above 70.

 

[freeagent]

It's good. Tunes differently. One CCD means faster ram. Fewer small hiccups in general and things are 99% instantaneous not 98%. In CPU limited games, especially low threaded, it's almost double the FPS.

Minor perk is that it uses around 60w in gaming, rather than 90-100 of 5950x so it's more thermal budget for GPU, not that I had issues regardless.

Thermals aren't an issue, it's under an Optimus WB with conductonaut, so it doesn't really go above 70.

Thank you sir, much appreciated! That is exactly what I wanted to hear

 

[lexluthermiester]

My loop corroded and things turned green

Add some automotive radiator fluid to your loop. It's specifically formulated to prevent corrosion.

 

[freeagent]

Add some automotive radiator fluid to your loop. It's specifically formulated to prevent corrosion.

Is there a preferred make? Like GM,Ford, Honda, etc..

 

[Shrek]

If you have cats or dogs avoid an ethylene glycol based anti-freeze and use a propylene glycol based one.

 

[CheapMeat]

Got some more goodies! 3 x Syba M.2 adapter cards. Two are for 5 x SATA M.2 (paid) and one is for 2 x NVMe that I got for free! The 5 slot ones are using WD Blue 1TB drives. They'll also be part of the cache for the HDDs in my system using StableBit DrivePool.

 

[dnm_TX]

Is there a preferred make? Like GM,Ford, Honda, etc..

GM has their own formula: DEX-COOL but it's design to prevent corosion in aluminum radiators so probably will not be as effective in copper once.
Also as far as i know,when it comes to automotive,all manufacturers recommend distiled water to be used instead of tap.
Just some more info

 

[lexluthermiester]

Is there a preferred make? Like GM,Ford, Honda, etc..

Not really. Go to the autoparts store or where-ever you buy radiator fluid, buy your favorite color fluid, enjoy! All of them are excellent.

GM has their own formula: DEX-COOL but it's design to prevent corosion in aluminum radiators so probably will not be as effective in copper once.

Not true. Radiator fluids of all types have to conform to industry standards and with all metals commonly found in auto engines.

Also as far as i know,when it comes to automotive,all manufacturers recommend distiled water to be used instead of tap.

True. Distilled or Reverse Osmosis water is what everyone should use in a rad loop.

 

[dnm_TX]

Not true. Radiator fluids of all types have to conform to industry standards and with all metals commonly found in auto engines.

Sure

 

[freeagent]

Old dexcool was a little corrosive to gaskets, my old GM 3.4 could attest to it. Supposedly reformulated my second 3.4 also suffered a traumatic gasket failure.. so GM is no longer a part of my life lol

 

[R-T-B]

EVGA x570 FTW installed, the one photo I took before the big boy Noctua blocked everything from view... lol. I hope you like my "IDGAF" cable management and color scheme. Trust me the PSU cables do not improve upon it.

It gained me about 100MHz in overclock, so totally not worth it. But USB works better. And I no longer need to use a fan hub. Pretty nice overall, from my perspective.

 

[Zach_01]

"Just" replaced (3 days ago) my R5 3600 with R9 5900X and my 2x8GB Corsair LPX with G.Skill 2x16GB, F4-3600C16D-32GTZN (both b-dies but different quality)
You can see all of it at system specs

 

[bobbybluz]

Update on my new Arctic Liquid Freezer II 420 off Arctic's Ebay page. It's B-Stock (so they claim) and appears no different than an A-Stock unit off Amazon at twice the price with slower shipping. I finally had time to take pix and am going to install it later this evening replacing a LF II 280 on my modded Cooler Master Cosmos II case. Hopefully I can get my Alder Lake i7 12700K to run a bit cooler than it did with the 280 at 5.3 GHz. The 420 is huge!

For $72 this came with the LGA 1700 mounting kit included as well as a small tube of MX-5 with the regular mounting hardware. Shipping was slightly over $10 and it arrived two days after Arctic handed it over to UPS (who mangled the outer shipping box). I spoke with Arctic yesterday about a few things on the telephone. Just because it's sold as B-Stock doesn't necessarily mean it is; at times they just want to move products faster than they can on Amazon. I also asked about MX-5 and was told it's still in production and Arctic considers it an improvement over MX-4. I'll be trying it out for the first time when I install this beast after dinner.

For those looking for spectacular deals on Arctic products their Ebay page appears to be the place to shop. Everything also has the full warranty regardless if it's sold by them as B-Stock or not. Personally I'm done buying their products from Amazon.

 

[Outback Bronze]

Ford

Makes the loop go faster : )

 

[Mussels]

Makes the loop go faster : )

I'm getting holden coolant and slapping a chevy badge on the res

 

[Outback Bronze]

I'm getting holden coolant and slapping a chevy badge on the res

Too late,

I've already got a GT on my Rad : )

 

[FreedomEclipse]

and....

 

[KLiKzg]

ZOTAC P102-100 5GB mining card

 

[Shou Miko]

Well, guess I could have taken the photo after air dusting the case, but whatever, seeing tarkov hit 240fps and never dip below 120 is enlightening.
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I could have done the after shot with the cleanup and the Gen 4 riser installed, but eh. Can't be bothered to unplug everything again. Really should have saved my RAM tune too ffs.

Just pretend this is a picture of it installed -

alright ... monster, but fit my Panzer max better than the Armor 1070
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luckily flat PSU cable ... until i get a second NZXT white or red sleeved extension
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allll right, ~2hrs before work, time to see if it's the ultimate 1440p (well i use 1620p60 atm ) GPU ahah!

edit, oh it need an extra soft for the aRGB despite the cable, but the soft do not need to run once the color is changed, not that i mind red on the GPU and white anywhere else, but all white is better
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oh well that say long on how much my Skyrim is modded ... 60fps now (49 before with the 1070) with occasional dips under 49fps (22 before )

This makes me want to go back to AMD even I said to myself many many times wait for the AMD Zen 4 but I kinda miss even my AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Reference card

 

[bonehead123]

Galaxy A53/5G..... got a great deal from BustBuy on prime day.... $370 for the phone, minus the $340 trade in credit for my S21+ = net cost to me of $30.00....

My 1st thought was to buy it from da 'Zon, but they were only offering $202 for the trade in, so to BB I went

And now that I've had it for a week, I haven't noticed any difference between it & my previous phone, and the battery last almost 2x as long, which is really important to me...